(And yes, face-to-face meetings with landlords and property owners is non-negotiable.

(And yes, face-to-face meetings with landlords and property owners is non-negotiable.

I could HI Kevin,This transition that you're asking about above is extremely important to transition smoothly and plan for because it will ensure your subsequent VA use for additonal purchases.Once the current property is refinanced with a non VA loan this will free up your entitlement for additional use.The max conv limit in Ventura county Ca is 672,750 and the max loan limits for a high balance loan can go up to 95%.So what this means is theoretically you could refinance up to 672,750 loan amount with an appraisal as low as 708,158 dollars or higher before your loan is subject to jumbo/non conventional guidelines (much tougher to qualify for and has lower LTV's).The VA loan has some key features that other loans dont have:- a trade off of no monthly PMI but the upfront PMI is huge, equivalent to 2.15 - 3.30 Points (borderline hard money points).

The guy basically said they will find a qualified person who wants to be a home owner but is unable to buy, right now, and they will put down 10% of the purchase price, which is non-refundable, and we will settle on a sales price. 

No disclosure of your name in the public record.As to your tax filing question, it is also correct that there usually is no non-filing exception for entities.

The loan must be non-recourse, here is a list of lenders offering financing to retirement accounts:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2810/50272-lis...You are not allowed to commingle personal funds with the funds in your IRA, all transactions must be "arms length". 

I have also had difficulty finding investor-friendly title companies that are willing to work on non cookie-cutter deals. 

Typically that means raising close to 4 to 5 million as some investors do not wire in the money last second for various reasons ( they have tax issues, timing getting the money with stock sell off,etc.)It can be more powerful to a seller when the buyer says we have a fund with 50 million in capital already in and ready to go versus we have to go to our investor pool to raise money for this particular purchase.Some sponsors open up to non-accredited investors as well to accelerate the cash they can raise but also the sponsor can take on more risk.

I looked at a duplex in Denver a few weeks ago that had structural issues and even though it had been on and off the market for 6 months and they had come off original asking price considerably, it still did not make sense unless you could get it 20% under current ask or unless you had a GC that was a whizz at foundation repair.Consider looking at non-traditional MF, i.e.

It may be a bit more difficult to find a lender that will issue a HELOC on a non-owner occupied dwelling, but I'm sure you can find one.